Kalipso Chalkidou

Africa’s domestic financial resources: gains almost cancelled by losses: Around $920 billion in through taxes, SWFs, pension funds and remittances; almost $940 out through debt and IFFs. https://t.co/Fu8IpR8UR7 https://t.co/QDNkQNSFYn

One of the stated rationales for the tax is to reduce future irregular migration to the US. But remittances are normally spent on consumption, such as food, housing, and land, and in this way, remittances can reduce the need for emigration.🙄

Kalipso Chalkidou @kchalkidou

For example, Liberia is a country heavily reliant on both foreign aid and remittances: a quarter of the country’s foreign assistance came from the US, and remittances totalled more than three times Liberia’s bilateral foreign aid in 2023. The US aid cuts were already projected to

For example, Liberia is a country heavily reliant on both foreign aid and remittances: a quarter of the country’s foreign assistance came from the US, and remittances totalled more than three times Liberia’s bilateral foreign aid in 2023. The US aid cuts were already projected to

Aid has certainly saved lives, but it hasn't created structures that would make aid redundant. If anything, aid has cemented dependency. In many African countries health systems depend on Western assistance. https://t.co/ITkAnMotC4

The stop-work order is already being felt in the data: March 2025 Health Department figures show that 30% fewer people took up ART in Johannesburg than in March 2024 https://t.co/sdRzfVKuLh

"Donors should also ensure these commitments are backed by real accountability. To measure and verify progress, donors should establish an independent observatory, potentially at WHO." Such an observatory function is already in the resolution approved by WHA last Saturday

Kalipso Chalkidou @kchalkidou

"donors should call an emergency joint board meeting to steer this process, in turn, tying replenishment pledges to measurable and verifiable progress indicators that build on—but also go beyond—the Lusaka Agenda, and are tracked by an independent observatory."

"donors should call an emergency joint board meeting to steer this process, in turn, tying replenishment pledges to measurable and verifiable progress indicators that build on—but also go beyond—the Lusaka Agenda, and are tracked by an independent observatory."

Thank you for your support for WHO, and for your continuing commitment to this Organization’s founding vision: the highest attainable standard of health – not as a luxury for some, but a right for all. https://t.co/VDWcW5AYDb

RT @DrSamira_Asma: WHO is accompanying countries to: – Expand access to timely and usable data – Strengthen information systems and sustain…

Dans le climat actuel, le risque d’un arrêt brutal des flux de capitaux vers les pays en développement est bien réel, faisant des banques multilatérales et du FMI des acteurs encore plus centraux qu’ils ne l’étaient déjà. https://t.co/FYeNzreHoS

Ailan Li, Assistant Director-General for Universal Health Coverage at WHO, reaffirmed WHO’s commitment to supporting countries in implementing the resolution’s recommendations, noting that financing reform “is at the core of our work as we go forward.” https://t.co/a8K1s2IBtA

"We knew that governments needed to be the doer-at-scale—what’s become clear is that they, not Big Aid, will have to be the payer-at-scale too" https://t.co/4nPLo2rX1T

The Pan-African Payment and Settlement System, which supports cross-border payments in national currencies.7 This system will help cut the $5 billion in foreign exchange costs associated with intra-African payments and the time to make such payments from an average of 5 days to

"We need to move from budgeting for survival to planning for health sovereignty" AU - WHO renew cooperation agreement - https://t.co/FviXM5TGXS

The U.N. and its sister institutions won’t vanish without the United States, but they will evolve in ways that reflect other countries’ values and priorities. https://t.co/vckMD2GRvb

Speakers emphasized that sustainable, country-led financing should replace reactive, fragmented approaches. Health must be seen as an investment in economic growth — not merely a cost center. https://t.co/9MWmXuYnYk